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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnnie Stalker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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186 cm
31
210 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
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190 cm
41
215 lbs
32 - 19 - 3 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Price! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
32 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnnie Stalker! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Price scores with the left hand. Stalker knows he should have avoided that one. Stalker throws a leg kick which misses Price's front leg but catches the back leg as Price tries to avoid it. Price misses with a shot to the body and Stalker counters with a solid body kick. Price misses with a left hand and Stalker counters with a good low kick that Price was not able to check. A low kick from Price misses and Stalker counters with a straight right hand. Stalker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Price has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Price walks forward, straight into a front kick from Stalker. Price drives through with a takedown into Stalker's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Stalker throws his legs up looking for a submission but Price uses it to pass to side control.
Stalker tries to buck Price off but Price is having none of it. Price has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage. Stalker looks to move to half guard but instead Price has passed into mount! Damn!
That's one minute gone in the round. Stalker tries to lock up and control but Price gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Stalker keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Stalker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Stalker keeps trying to improve his position. Stalker has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Price's lack of action.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Stalker trying to control from the bottom.
Stalker tries to roll over but Price keeps him under control. Stalker is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Price pulls his head out easily. Price performing his best blanket impression for a moment. Price prevents Stalker from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Well, if Price is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Stalker misses with a kick to the body.
Price takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Price is looking to chop away at Stalker's legs. Price avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Stalker lands a jab to the nose. Price drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Stalker scores with a push kick. Stalker lands with a nice body punch. Stalker pushes Price away with a front kick. Stalker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Stalker throws a leg kick but Price sees it coming and moves out of range. Stalker misses with an uppercut. Price gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Price on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Stalker scores with a sloppy right hand. Price should have avoided that one. A bone on bone clash there as Price blocks the leg kick.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Price takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stalker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stalker throws a leg kick that is checked and Price counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnnie Stalker dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Stalker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. The crowd cheers as Stalker lands an impressive looking overhand right. Price doesn't seem phased though. Price comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. A low kick from Stalker misses and Price counters with a right hand to the body. Price is looking to wear down Stalker with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Price throws a hook to the side of Stalker's head but Stalker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Stalker is trying to counter with his kicks. Price tries to clinch there but Stalker circles away.
Price looks to throw the jab but Stalker is out of range. A low kick from Price misses and Stalker counters with a slapping leg kick. Price lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Stalker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Price. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Stalker jabs at Price's body. Price is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Price tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Price throws a sloppy head kick and Stalker moves out of range easily. Stalker is looking to clinch. Price connects with a leg kick. Stalker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Price walks into a left hand. Stalker throws a leg kick which misses Price's front leg but catches the back leg as Price tries to avoid it. Stalker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Price has time to react. Stalker lands with a right hand. A shot to the liver by Price. Beautiful body shot. Price throws a big shot that misses. Price dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Price keeps the fight on the outside. Price stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stalker. Stalker throws a body shot but no joy. Price throws a series of punches but Stalker moves out of range. Price throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stalker's head. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Price swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stalker. Price throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stalker.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Stalker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Stalker fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Price is out of range. Stalker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Price. Price obviously looking to wear him down.
Stalker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Johnnie Stalker seems to be getting the better of the standup. Price throws a series of punches but Stalker moves out of range. Price thumps Stalker with a low kick. Price tries to clinch up. Stalker connects with a body shot that sends Price's belly button to the back. Stalker connects with a solid leg kick. Price with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stalker lands a right hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Price lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stalker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stalker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Stalker avoids the head kick by Price.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stalker looks to land a right hand but Price moved out of range. Price looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger. Price throws a lazy head kick and Stalker counters with a right hand to the body. Price throws a head kick but Stalker moves out of range.
Price throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stalker connects with a high kick. Price connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stalker momentarily.
Price throws a head kick that Stalker semi-blocks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stalker. That's going to slow Price down. Price misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Price stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stalker. Stalker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Stalker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Price tries to clinch there but Stalker circles away.
Stalker throws a low kick but Price avoids it. Tommy Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Price stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stalker. Price gets off balance looking for a body kick and Stalker finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body. Price blocks the body kick.
Price throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stalker's head. Stalker wants to slow Price down by chopping away at his legs. Stalker blocks the body kick.
Price misses with a leg kick. Stalker connects with a leg kick. Price looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Price throws a lazy head kick enabling Stalker to counter with a crisp jab. Stalker works Price's body with a nice hook. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Stalker does a little dance to reset his feet. Stalker will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stalker sizes up Price with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tommy Price will probably get the nod. That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nice body punch from Stalker. A jab from Stalker does it's job there. Stalker tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Stalker slips a jab and a cross from Price.
Price misses with an uppercut. Stalker connects with a solid leg kick. Stalker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Price. Price does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. A lazy left from Price finds it's target. Stalker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Price lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stalker's sensitive parts. Price checks a leg kick. Stalker lands with a straight right. Price didn't see that one coming. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Price misses with a combination
and Stalker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round. Price scores with a takedown into Stalker's guard. Stalker looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Price passes into half guard.
Stalker trying to control but Price postures up.
Stalker trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Price manages to pass to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Stalker working to try and regain half guard.
Stalker regains half guard. Stalker wants to control but Price passes into side.
Stalker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stalker is not content to let Price control the position. Stalker trying to remain calm as Price controls from the top position. Stalker looks to move to half guard but instead Price has passed into mount! Damn! Stalker flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Stalker tries to hold on but Price postures up. Stalker is trying to escape the mount.
Stalker tries to hold on but Price postures up. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Stalker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight! Tommy Price showed his dominance in that final round. I think Price has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:29 Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29 Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
53% |
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